Collar attachment



J. H. MULLALY.

COLLAR ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION. HLED JUNE 26. 1919.

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Application filed June 26, 1919.

A further object is to construct the attachment in a simple and durable manner and so that it can be readily connected to the collar and as readily removed and so that the inserted tie will be free running and will act in the operation of tying to draw up the collar and cause it to fit snugly on the neck.

With the above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of a collar opened up and lying flat and looking at the inner side of the neck band.

Fig. 2 represents a reverse view of the collar.

3 represents a front View of a collar and tied tie and showing my tie attaching pins in dotted outline.

Fig. 4 represents an enlarged detailed side view of one of the attaching pins.

Fig. 5 represents a sectional view through the pin, the section being taken at X-X Fig. 4-.

Fig. 6 represents an end view of the pin.

Fig. 7 represents an enlarged detailed side view of a modified form of pin.

Fig. 8 represents a side view of the pin appearing in Fig. 7 but with the heads turned to a different position.

Fig. 9 represents an enlarged detailed view of a fragmentary portion of the collar showing the relative position of the button holes.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the S8V- eral figures.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1d, 1921.

Serial No. 306,997.

This invention is constructed for use on what is known commercially as a turn-up turn-down or double band collar. With such a collar the customary tie is passed around the collar between the bands and the result is that very often considerable diiii-' culty is experienced in drawing up the tie on the neck before and after the knot has been formed. The present invention is oirected to a device which will dispense with this troublesome and irritating operation and will allow of the free running of the tie during the tying operation.

Referring now to the drawing 1 represents a double band collar of ordinary construction presenting an inner neck band 2 and an outer band 3, the outer band in the laundered collar folding down against the inner band in the usual way. The neck band is fitted witlr the customary end button holes 4 and 5 and the back button holes 6, whereby the collar can be attached to the stud buttons of the shirt neck band.

To the ends of the neck band and in a location somewhat in from the button holes 4 and 5 I provide further pairs of upper and lower button holes 7 and 8, 9 and 10, the button holes 7 and 9 being actually positioned farthest in on the neck band, that is closer to the center of the collar than the others, with the result that each pair. of button holes is in an inclined position. The pairs of button holes receive specially constructed fastening pins 11 and 12 which I provide. The pins are identical and each is formed from a comparatively stout piece of wire 13 which receives a roller 14 and has the ends thereof bent in a more or less L-shaped manner as indicated at 15 and 16, and contained in the same vertical plane and then turned in the same direction and into the horizontal plane to provide hooks 17 and 18 which terminate in vertically disposed flat lying anchoring 9 and 10 and thereby actually causing the hooks to catch the fabric of the neck band at the button holes.

By observing Fig. 2 it will be seen that when finally attached each fastening pin lies flat with the neck band and becomes entirely covered over by the band 3 when this band is in its natural position so that the pins are not exposed when the collar is worn.

WVhen one wishes to tie his tie as indicated generally by the reference numeral 21 the narrow'end of the tie is passed first through one of the applied attaching pins and then through the other and the tie is afterward drawn to the natural tying position after which the usual knot is tied. One can then draw up the tie by holding the knot and pulling on the free end which will cause the tie to pull over the rollers and draw up to the position as best shown in Fig. 3.

Obviously as the tie does not go around the neck it is very free running and the operation of tying the tie becomes a pleasure.

I wish here to call attention to the importance of having the added button holes in an inclined position. cause the collar to draw up on the neck in the natural position and also counteract, to a great extent, any tendency for the tie to creep up when being tied.

The above description is directed more particularly to a soft collar. WVhere a stiff double band collar is used the fastening pins can be attached to either the inner By so doing 1- band or the outer band but in either case the added button holes would only go through the inner lining of the band.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown the fastening pin as provided with pivoted heads 22 and 23 instead of coils, such heads allowing. of the easyattaching of the pin to the band by virtue of the fact that they can be turned to go edge-on through the button hole and afterward be swung to a fiatlying position on the band. 7

I have not entered into the details of this pivoted arrangement as it is a common construction in collar buttons, cuff buttons and such like.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A tie attaching pin for collars comprising a single strand bent to form a loop and having the ends thereof bent substantially at right angles to the loop portion to extend upon one side thereof, said angularly bent ends being provided with buttonlike heads insertible through openings in the collar band.

2. A tie attaching pin for collars comprising a single strand bent to form a loop with the ends of the strand spaced apart and provided with heads pivoted thereto and insertible through openings in a collar band to secure the loop thereto.

Signed at WVinnipeg, this 26 day of May,

JOSEPH HENRY MULLALY. In the presence of i G. S. ROXBURGH, K. B. WAKEFIELD. 

